The S&P Global PMI surveys have not been fully reliable guides to activity in major advanced economies over the past few years. But their relationship with GDP outside the US is still fairly strong and the detail in the surveys offers useful information about factors such as price pressures and export demand globally. Used in conjunction with other surveys and interpreted carefully, they are still good, timely indicators.
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